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R.M.S. Russia

I, T. Cook, Master of the R.M.S. Russia, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board the said Rissia at Liverpool from which Port the said Russia has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said Passengers who have died on said Voyage and the names and ages of those who died.
So help me God. (Signature) T. Cook

Sworn to this January 30 1868,
Before me. (Signature) ? ???????, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the R.M.S. Russia whereof T. Cook is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1709 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.

              
  1  Mrs L. Benson         44   F   None        U. States    America      Cabin
  2  Mr E Whitney          47   M   None        U. States    America      Cabin
  3  Mrs Whitney           43   F   None        U. States    America      Cabin
  4  Miss Grant            17   F   None        U. States    America      Cabin
  5  Mrs Adee              28   F   None        U. States    America      Cabin
  6  Mr R G Young          39   M   Lawyer      U. States    New York     Cabin
  7  Mr Hay                27   M   Merchant    Scotland     New York     Cabin
  8* Mr W Cheeks           45   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  9  Mr Grenelle           47   M   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 10  Mrs Grenelle          35   F   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 11* Countess de Segarnez  24   F   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 12  Mr T. J. Tait         35   M   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 13  Mrs Tait              30   F   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 14  Mr Van Berger         39   M   Merchant    U. States    America      Cabin
 15  Mrs Van Berger        38   F   None        U. States    America      Cabin
 16  Mr Cook               37   M   Merchant    U. States    New York     Cabin
 17  Mr Welsford           55   M   Merchant    England      New York     Cabin
 18  Master Welsford       24   M   Gentleman   England      New York     Cabin
 19  Mr H Flower           18   M   Merchant    England      New York     Cabin
 20  Mr N B Falconer       34   M   Merchant    Scotland     New York     Cabin
 21  Mr J Eaton            53   M   Engineer    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 22  Mr Campbell           49   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 23  Mr R H Whitney        41   M   Merchant    Mass         U. States    Cabin
 24  Mr J R Brownell       39   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 25* Mr J Bairdouin        32   M   Merchant    France       U. States    Cabin
 26  Mr J Wells            38   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 27  Mr Molson             40   M   Merchant    England      New York     Cabin
 28  Mrs Molson            35   F   None        New York     New York     Cabin
 29  Master Molson         12   M   None        New York     New York     Cabin
 30* Mr R L Cunning        40   M   Rag Mercht  England      New York     Cabin
 31  Mr James Andresze     23   M   Assayer     England      America      Cabin
 32  Mr John J Osborn      52   M   Merchant    New York     New York     Cabin 
 33  Mr D Lamb             29   M   Merchant    Scotland     New York     Cabin
 34  Mr H. E. Baenzeger    30   M   Merchant    France       New Orleans  Cabin
 35  Mr J. J. Townsend     40   M   Merchant    England      U. States    Cabin
 36  Mr J. Young           41   M   Merchant    England      U. States    Cabin
 37  Mr E. Einstein        25   M   None        U. States    New York     Cabin
 38  Mr H Escher           33   M   Merchant    Switzerland  New York     Cabin
 39  Mr S McMaster         28   M   Merchant    Ireland      Canada       Cabin
 40  Mr Manger             37   M   Merchant    France       U. States    Cabin
 41  Mr Johnson            28   M   Merchant    Boston       U. States    Cabin
 42  Mr G W Fargo          20   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 43  Mr J McGill           36   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 44  Mr J Longmire         37   M   Merchant    England      New York     Cabin
 45  Mr J B Boyce          32   M   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 46* Mr Collinson          26   M   Engineer    England      England      Cabin
 47  Mr S McMillan         26   M   Merchant    Scotland     England      Cabin
 48  Mr Arnold             40   M   Merchant    England      America      Cabin
 49  Mr Hersch             35   M   Merchant    Prussia      America      Cabin
 50  Mr Spirgelberg        26   M   Merchant    Prussia      America      Cabin
 51  Mr J. Bamberg         39   M   Merchant    America      America      Cabin
 52* Mr P Wright           21   M   Engineer    England      America      Cabin
 53* Mr C D Fox            27   M   Engineer    England      America      Cabin
 54  Mr L. Josephthal      28   M   Merchant    Bavaria      America      Cabin
 55  Rev^d E G Porter      30   M   Student     America      America      Cabin
 56  Mr Newman             25   M   Merchant    Prussia      America      Cabin
 57  Mr Fatherland         28   M   Merchant    Canada       Canada       Cabin
 58  Mr G Stafford         39   M   Merchant    England      Peru         Cabin
 59  Mr Notman             35   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 60  Mr J B Carpenter      37   M   Merchant    Canada       U. States    Cabin
 61  Mr Maye               21   M   Merchant    Germany      California   Cabin
 62  Mr Reinhart           48   M   Merchant    Bavaria      U. States    Cabin
 63  Rev^d E Taylor        46   M   Clergyman   U. States    U. States    Cabin
 64  Mrs Taylor            42   F   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 65  Master Taylor         14   M   None        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 66  Mr T. C. Bartholomew  37   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 67  Mr Cooper             36   M   Merchant    America      New York     Cabin
 68  Mr J C Conner         40   M   None        America      America      Cabin
 69  Mr R A Arrowsmith     29   M   Merchant    England      England      Cabin
 70  Mr S K Van Duzer      44   M   Merchant    New York     New York     Cabin
 71  Mrs Van Duzer         38   F   None        New York     New York     Cabin
 72  Miss Van Duzer         9   F   None        New York     New York     Cabin
 73  Mrs D Moore           48   F   None        New York     New York     Cabin
 74  Mr Bunsel             37   M   Traveller   Switzerland  Switzerland  Cabin
 75  Mr W Parish           20   M   None        U. States    New York     Cabin
 76  Mr Lammer             59   M   Merchant    New York     New York     Cabin
 77* Mr H Noot             25   M   Merchant    Russia       New York     Cabin
 78  Mr L. Werndl          21   M   Merchant    Austria      New York     Cabin
 79  Mr Bridson            28   M   Agent       England      New York     Cabin
 80  Mr M W Golden         25   M   Merchant    New Jersey   New York     Cabin
 81  Mr D Gardner          40   M   Merchant    England      England      Cabin
 82  Mr S. Walter          28   M   Merchant    Germany      Baltimore    Cabin
 83  Mr Aylward            46   M   Agent       New York     New York     Cabin
 84  Mrs R Hessenstall     24   F   Servant     England      America      Cabin
 85  Mr B Joachim          44   M   Professor   Ireland      America      Cabin

                                             
Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The entry "United States" in the native country and destination country columns
  is shortened to "U. States" for formatting reasons.  "Male" and "Female" in the
  Sex column are shortened to "M" and "F" for the same reason.

 
  8     Surname is either "Cheeks" or "Checks".
 11     Surname is either "de Segarnez" or "de Segarney".
 25     Surname is either "Bairdouin" or "Bairdonin".
 30     Surname is either "Cumming" or "Cunning" in which case it might possibly
        be "Cunningham".
 46     Passenger's full Occupation is recorded as "Civil Engineer".
 52-53  Passenger's full Occupation is recorded as "Civil Engineer".
 77     Surname is either "Noot" or "Woot".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 290, List 70.

Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 December 2005

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